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‘DOJ Will Come After You’ If It Disagrees With Your Position, Says Subpoenaed Nonprofit

by USNN2020October 9, 2022October 9, 2022

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Sharp Rise in Marijuana-Related Psychosis: American Board of Pain Medicine President

by USNN2020October 9, 2022March 1, 2025

New Hampshire

Sen. Hassan Backs Out of New Hampshire Debate With Republican Challenger

by USNN2020October 9, 2022February 18, 2025

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National Guard Lost 7,500 Service Members in Past Year, Could Lose More Amid COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: Service Officials

by USNN2020October 9, 2022February 21, 2025

World

Explosion Destroys Part of Crimea Bridge, Disrupts Russian Forces’ Supply Route

by USNN2020October 8, 2022February 26, 2025

Economy

‘Recession and a Pay Cut’: RNC Blasts Slowing Job Growth, Sub-Zero Real Wages Under Biden

by USNN2020October 7, 2022February 26, 2025

National News

Universal Mail-In Voting Violates Delaware Constitution: Delaware Supreme Court

by USNN2020October 7, 2022October 7, 2022

Healthcare

HHS Probed EcoHealth Over Alleged ‘Major Fraud’ Against US, Emails Show

by USNN2020October 7, 2022December 28, 2024

Nearly 50 new government defendants have been added to the lawsuit that alleges the government induced censorship of state officials and others on social media. The second amended complaint in the case, Missouri v. Biden, includes six new agencies, bringing the total to 13, and 41 new individual defendants, bringing the total to 54. Altogether, 67 officials or agencies are accused of violating plaintiffs’ First Amendment rights by participating in a “censorship enterprise” through pressuring Big Tech firms like Facebook, Google, and Twitter to take action against users offering alleged misinformation. Evidence backing the claims has been produced in discovery, including exchanges between White House officials and Meta, Facebook’s parent company and messages showing meetings between administration officials and the firms. The new defendants include the FBI; former White House senior COVID-19 adviser Andrew Slavitt; Dana Remus, counsel to President Joe Biden; Elvis Chan, an FBI special agent based in San Francisco; Janell Muhammed, deputy digital director at the Department of Health and Human Services; Allison Snell, an official at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency; the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); the State Department; and Mark Robbins, interim executive director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. One or more of the Big Tech firms that were subpoenaed in the case identified the officials as possibly communicating with them on content moderation relating to “COVID-19 misinformation,” the New York Post’s story about Hunter Biden’s laptop, the administration’s since-disbanded Disinformation Governance Board, and/or “election security, integrity, outcomes, and/or public confidence in election outcomes (not to include issues of foreign interference or related issues).” Slavitt was named because emails show he was in communication with Facebook regarding the combating of alleged misinformation. The messages show that Facebook was committed to censoring and de-emphasizing posts that were “departing from the government’s messaging on vaccines,” plaintiffs said. Slavitt also called for Twitter to ban Alex Berenson, an independent journalist, previously released messages show. Muhammed, meanwhile, was in touch with Facebook to ask the company to take down pages and accounts that were allegedly misrepresenting themselves as representing the government. “Absolutely,” one of the Facebook employees responded. Other discovery suggests the FDA “has participated in federally-induced censorship of private speech on social media about questions of vaccine safety and efficacy, among other subjects,” plaintiffs said. The agencies that were added to the case did not respond to requests for comment. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, a Trump appointee overseeing the case, recently ordered defendants named in earlier complaints to comply with demands, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, a top medical adviser to Biden. The new documents do not include any more information from Fauci or the White House press secretary’s office.

National News

47 New Biden Administration Defendants Named in Government–Big Tech Censorship Lawsuit

by USNN2020October 7, 2022December 28, 2024

National News

US Buys $290 Million Worth of Drugs in Preparation for Nuclear Emergencies

by USNN2020October 7, 2022August 26, 2024

Economy

Inflation Is Eroding American Workers’ Wages: Federal Reserve

by USNN2020October 7, 2022September 22, 2023

NATIONAL NEWS

Trump Says He‘ll Sue Over California Redistricting and US Senate ’Blue Slips’

By Sam Dorman President Donald Trump indicated on Aug. 25 that his administration would file lawsuits over California’s redistricting attempt and individual senators’ ability to ...

FBI Announces 1,000 Arrests Since Federal Government Took Over DC Police

By Jack Phillips The FBI announced that more than 1,000 arrests have been made across Washington since the federal government took over law enforcement for ...

Rangers Clear Thousands of Marijuana Plants, Banned Pesticides From Sequoia National Park

By Aldgra Fredly Law enforcement rangers last week removed over 2,000 marijuana plants and banned pesticides from a site in Sequoia National Park in California, ...

Trump to Host South Korea’s President Lee at White House for Trade, Defense Talks

By Emel Akan WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump will welcome South Korea’s newly elected president, Lee Jae Myung, to the White House on Monday to discuss trade, ...

Facing Impending Crisis, California Lawmakers Pivot on Fossil Fuels

By Beige Luciano-Adams LOS ANGELES—California legislators on Aug. 20 considered a plan that would dramatically loosen restrictions on drilling and refining oil in the state, ...

Trump Names 4 Judges to Fill Vacancies in North Carolina Courts

By Tom Ozimek President Donald Trump announced four nominees to fill long-standing federal trial court vacancies in North Carolina, tapping prosecutors, a magistrate judge, and ...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia Released From Tennessee Jail

By Sam Dorman Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a suspected gang member at the center of a high-profile deportation case, has been released from a jail in ...

House Committee Launches Probe Into California’s High-Speed Rail

By Jill McLaughlin California’s beleaguered high-speed rail project is under investigation by the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The probe, launched Aug. 19, ...

DC Business Owners Weigh In on Trump’s Crime Crackdown

By Stacy Robinson and Nathan Worcester WASHINGTON — Across the nation’s capital, business owners and employees offered mixed opinions of President Donald Trump’s push to ...

Money Wired to Mexico Hits a Decade Low as US Immigration Policies Take Hold

By Darlene McCormick Sanchez The Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration is playing a role in the sharpest decline in monthly remittances to Mexico in more ...

More Than 460 Arrests Made Since Federal Takeover of DC Policing

By Savanah Hulsey Pointer Police and federal officers in the District of Columbia have made 465 arrests since the federal government took over policing the ...

Three More GOP Governors Approve Sending National Guard Troops to DC

By Tom Ozimek and Sam dorman Governors from Mississippi, Tennessee, and Louisiana are sending National Guard troops to Washington to assist President Donald Trump’s effort ...